I have discovered that it is not easy putting together a family tree even 
if there are living relatives to get information from. So, I would like to 
sincerely thank everyone who has answered my e-mails, calls and snail mail 
letters with information to help my pursuit in climbing the family tree. 
  
While doing this tree I started with my children and worked my way out from 
them. The information contained on this site has been compiled from many 
sources, a lot of which are undocumented and may contain errors. Please verify 
before assuming it is completely accurate. When I began doing the family tree 
I didn't write sources down, it hasn't been until recently that I realized why 
you may need to know who told you this story or who gave you this information. 
I have gotten quite a bit of written source information on the McClain side 
(Certificates, Census records, cemetery transcripts, obits etc) but it is a 
slow going process. Any corrections, additions and/or leads are greatly 
appreciated.

I have to thank Denise Crawford. She has given me good advice on how to get 
started in genealogy and I have obtained a lot of this information from her 
tree on Rootsweb. I also have to thank Mary Blakely Nee: McClain, she gave me 
SO many papers on the McClain family that I can never repay her kindness. 

Thank you for taking the time to view the tree.